Courses
Social Sciences
Criminal Justice (CJUS)
- CJUS-P 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 cr.) P: Freshman or sophomore standing. Historical and philosophical background, structure, functions, and operations of the criminal justice system in the United States; introduction to and principles of formal behavior control devices.
- CJUS-P 199 Careers in Criminal Justice (1 cr.) The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with the career options available to them after completion of a Criminology and Criminal Justice degree. These options include work with a bachelor's degree both in and out of the criminal justice field. In addition, students will become familiar with a variety of graduate degrees that can be earned after completion of a bachelor's degree. Students will be familiar with campus resources for career exploration and participate in activities designed to clarify their career goals. Finally, students will learn how to design their plans of study to meet the requirements for graduation with a degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and at the same time, to enhance their career objectives.
- CJUS-P 200 Theories of Crime and Deviance (3 cr.) Critical examination of biological, psychological, and sociological theories of crime and deviance. Examination of individual, group, and societal reactions to norm-violating behaviors. Class must be taken on IUS campus.
- CJUS-P 250 Issues in Criminal Justice (3 cr.) Thorough review and analysis of issues currently facing the criminal justice system. Topics vary each semester. Repeatable with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- CJUS-P 295 Criminal Justice Data, Methods, and Resources (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P100, CJUS-P200, ENG-W131, MATH-M118 all with a C or higher. This course examines basic concepts of criminal justice. Students become familiar with research techniques necessary for systematic analysis of the criminal justice system, offender behavior, crime trends, and program effectiveness. Students will learn to critically evaluate existing research. Students will become familiar with existing sources of criminal justice data and will learn to assess the quality of that data. Class must be taken on IUS campus.
- CJUS-P 300 Topics in Criminal Justice (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. Extensive analysis of selected topics and themes in criminal justice. Topics vary each semester; see listing in the Schedule of Classes. Repeatable up to 9 units.
- CJUS-P 301 Police and Contemporary Society (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100, CJUS-P295 with a grade of C or higher. Examination of the rules and responsibilities of the police, history of police organizations, relations between police and society, and determinations of police action.
- CJUS-P 302 Courts and Criminal Justice (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100, CJUS-P295 with a grade of C or higher. Structure, organization, composition, functions, and procedures of courts in the United States. Role of lawyers and judges in the criminal justice system.
- CJUS-P 303 Corrections and Criminal Justice (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100, CJUS-P295 with a grade of C or higher. Historical and comparative e-survey of prison confinement and the various alternatives within the scope of the criminal justice system's policies and methods of implementation.
- CJUS-P 306 Drugs, Society, and Justice (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. Analysis of the political, economic, social and cultural factors that shape the use of consciousness-altering substances. Consideration of the way these factors influence the social and legal response to drug use.
- CJUS-P 313 Conflict Management (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. This course will provide students with a fundament knowledge and understanding of the nature of interpersonal conflict associated with law enforcement professionals. This course will begin by introducing students to the theories of human nature and build upon their understanding of conflict and conflict management for an organizational behavior perspective. Based upon the perspectives of these two schools of thought, this course will identify the principles associated with conflict management (social responsibility, compassion, and fairness). Finally, this course will identify the four characteristics or the 'plumbline' of conflict management (cultural intelligence, ethical behavior, effective interpersonal communication, and proficient use of power and authority) that provide the student with necessary skill to develop a personalized method for managing conflicts effectively on multiple levels.
- CJUS-P 316 Crime in the Movies (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. This course is designed to examine the way that crime and criminals have been portrayed throughout the last 80 years in popular movies. Crime has always been a favorite source of material for Hollywood, and we will be exploring the way that the depiction of criminal activity reflects the social mores of a particular era. Thus, this course draws from a variety of disciplines as we critique the films and analyze the messages they convey about crime and criminals in society.
- CJUS-P 320 Foundations of Criminal Investigations (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. The pertinence to criminal investigation of physical evidence, people, and documents. Discussion of ethical problems, impact of legal systems on investigative process, and elements of effective testimony. Lectures and case materials.
- CJUS-P 325 Principles of Forensic Investigation (3 cr.) This course focuses on how a criminal offender is influenced by a variety of factors within the psychosocial environment. The class will examine the legal arenas and investigate procedures involved in dealing effectively with the system's most serious and chronic offenders.
- CJUS-P 330 Criminal Justice Ethics (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. Study of major ethical theories with emphasis on their application to components of the criminal justice system. Personal and professional dilemmas and problem-solving will be emphasized.
- CJUS-P 335 Race, Gender, and Inequality in the Criminal Justice System (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. This course is designed to examine the influence of gendered and race relations impacts on crime and justice.
- CJUS-P 345 Terrorism (3 cr.) A survey of the incidence of terror with particular emphasis on public policy responses designed to combat terrorism. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of the criminal justice system in combating domestic and foreign terrorism.
- CJUS-P 362 Sex Offenders (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 and CJUS-P 200 with a C or higher. Examines a wide range of topics related to sex offenders, such as theories of deviance, sex crimes, sex addictions, pedophilia, adolescent offenders, rape and sexual assault, incest, legal responses, predator laws, risk assessment, and treatment. Content of interest to future investigators, prosecutors, police officers, and probation and treatment specialists.
- CJUS-P 372 Evidence (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100. The rules of law governing proof at a trial of disputed issues of fact, burden of proof presumption and judicial notice; examination, impeachment, competency, and privileges of witnesses; hearsay rule and exception; all related as nearly as possible to criminal as opposed to civil process.
- CJUS-P 373 Correctional Law (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100. Legal problems from conviction to release; pre-sentence investigations, sentencing, probation and parole, incarceration, loss and restoration of civil rights.
- CJUS-P 374 Substantive Criminal Law (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a grade of C or higher. The development, limitations, and application of substantive criminal law utilizing the case study method.
- CJUS-P 375 The American Juvenile Justice System (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100, CJUS-P295 with a grade of C or higher. Structure and operation of the juvenile justice system in the United States, past and present. Analysis of the duties and responsibilities of the police juvenile officer, the juvenile court judge, and the juvenile probation officer.
- CJUS-P 376 Procedural Criminal Law (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a grade of C or higher. Criminal law application and procedure from the initiation of notice activity through the correctional process, utilizing the case-study method.
- CJUS-P 407 Terrorism (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100. Terrorism is a serious challenge today and its policing demands varied responses. In this course we study how terrorists evolve and carry out their operations. The course will analyze police responses and debate the issues of legal boundaries and systems of checks and balances using case studies.
- CJUS-P 411 Criminal Justice Management (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. Examination of the ideas and concepts from various disciplines contributing to modern administrative theory, and translation of these insights to the management of criminal justice agencies.
- CJUS-P 413 Police-Community Relations (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a grade of C or higher. Examination of the relations between police and urban communities. Consideration of the social, economic, and political factors that shape these relations and alternative approaches to improving police-community relations.
- CJUS-P 416 Capital Punishment (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a grade of C or higher. Consideration of issues raised by the use of the death penalty in the United States. Emphasis of critical thinking and open dialogue.
- CJUS-P 423 Sexuality and the Law (3 cr.) Interdisciplinary analysis of topics pertaining to sexuality and the law. Examination of legal and cultural debates regarding sexual images and acts, the criminalization of motherhood, the international prostitution industry, and mass rape.
- CJUS-P 426 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (3 cr.) Focus on the critical analysis of the impact of significant individual, social, and institutional influences on delinquency including the family, delinquent peer groups, schools, and the community to respond to the question, "What causes juveniles to break the law?"
- CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White-Collar Crime (3 cr.) The nature and incidence of white-collar crime. In addition to studying the etiological theories relating to white-collar crime, the course will also focus on both the criminal and civil (regulatory) process used to control corporate, organizational, and elite misconduct.
- CJUS-P 458 Wrongful Conviction (3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a grade of C or higher. Investigates the factors associated with wrongful convictions and discusses possible remedies for minimizing such miscarriages of justice. The goal of this course is to systematically describe, explain, analyze and evaluate the factors associated with, and the consequences of, the wrongful prosecution, conviction, and incarceration of the innocent in the American criminal justice system. Includes a review of actual allegations of innocence by inmates currently in our prisons, and case-studies of wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated.
- CJUS-P 470 Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice (3 cr.) P: Senior standing (permission only); CJUS-P 100, CJUS-P295 with a grade of C or higher. A detailed examination of the major efforts designed to control or reduce crime, a review of existing knowledge is followed by an investigation of current crime control theories, proposals and programs.
- CJUS-P 471 Comparative Study of Criminal Justice Systems (3 cr.) Comparison of the American criminal justice system with those of other federated nations and of selected unitary states.
- CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice (3 cr.) Intensive study and analysis of selected problems in criminal justice. Topics will vary. May be repeated for a total of 9 credit hours with different topics.
- CJUS-P 495 Individual Readings (1-6 cr.) P: CJUS-P 495 with a C or higher. Individual study project under guidance of faculty member or committee. Students and instructor will complete a form agreeing on responsibilities at the beginning of the relevant semester. Repeatable up to 6 units.
- CJUS-P 496 Research Internship (1-3 cr.) P: CJUS-P 100 with a C or higher. Active participation in a research project and related activities under the direction of a faculty member. Students and instructor will complete a form agreeing on responsibilities at the beginning of the relevant semester. Repeatable up to 6 units.
- CJUS-P 522 Conflict Management (3 cr.) This course will provide students with a fundament knowledge and understanding of the nature of interpersonal conflict associated with law enforcement professionals. This course will begin by introducing students to the theories of human nature and build upon their understanding of conflict and conflict management for an organizational behavior perspective. Based upon the perspectives of these two schools of thought, this course will identify the principles associated with conflict management (social responsibility, compassion, and fairness). Finally, this course will identify the four characteristics or the 'plumbline' of conflict management (cultural intelligence, ethical behavior, effective interpersonal communication, and proficient use of power and authority) that provide the student with necessary skill to develop a personalized method for managing conflicts effectively on multiple levels.
- CJUS-P 550 Topics in Criminal Justice and Public Safety (3 cr.) 'Variable' Topics in Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Repeatable up to 6 units.
- CJUS-P 623 VIOLENT BEHAVIOR (3 cr.) Critical analysis of current theory and research on violent behavior utilizing a multidisciplinary framework. Topics include concepts and methods in the study of violence; prediction of violence; family and sexual violence; institutional violence; drugs and violence; and prevention of violent behavior.
